Timing in surgical management of acute volvulus of the sigmoid colon in geriatric patients
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Materials and methods We performed a retrospective analysis of all the patients treated for sigmoid volvulus at the Department of General and Emergency Surgery, S. Maria Hospital in Terni of the University of Perugia, from January 1996 to March 2008. We treated 23 patients with sigmoid volvulus; mean age was 81 years. Eleven patients were admitted with a diagnosis of intestinal occlusion, 12 patients came to us from Medical divisions.
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دوره 9 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2009